Hook and eye.



PATENTED APR. 2, 1907.

M. J. RATTIGAN.

HOOK AND EYE.

APPLICATION FILED DEG. 27, 1905.

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Hook AND EYE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 2, 1907.

Application filed December 27, 1905. Serial No. 293,508.

To all w/wm it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARY J RATTIGAN, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hooksand Eyes, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in hooksfor eyes; and the invention has'for its object to provide a novel andinexpensive hook formed of a single piece of wire wherein novel means isprovided for firmly holding an eye in engagement with said hook.

Another object of this invention is to provide a hook for eyes which canbe easily placed in engagement with a piece of fabric or cloth, novelmeans also being provided for preventing the outer end of the hook fromshifting upon the fabric or cloth, said means being adapted to engagethe fabric or cloth and hold the hook just the same as if it were sewed.

Briefly described, my improved hook is constructed of a single piece ofwire which is bent to form a transverse link or pin, by which the hookmay be fastened to a garment or piece of fabric. The wire is also bentto form a hook-shaped member having a resilient catch or clip adapted toengage an eye after it has been passed into engagement with the hook toretain the same therein.

The manner of twisting a piece of wire to form a hook, together with thedetail construction of the same, will be hereinafter more fullydescribed and claimed, and, referring to the drawings accompanying thisapplication, like numerals of reference designate' corresponding partsthroughout the several views, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view ofmy improved hook. Fig. 2 is a perspective View looking at the bottom ofthe hook, and Fig. 3 is a side elevation. Fig. 4 is a side view of thedevice, showing the same fastened to a piece of fabric. Fig. 5 is aperspective view of the improved device applied.

To put my invention into practice, I use a single piece of wire, the oneend of which is bent to form one-half of a transverse link, as at 1. Thewire is then bent to form a transverse support 2, which lies at the baseand end of the hook portion 3, said hook portion being formed by bendingthe wire upon itself, as clearly illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3 of thedrawings. The Wire is then bent outwardly in parallel alinement with thestrand of wire 4, forming a strand 5, both of which constitute the backor shank portion of the hook. The wire is then bent around the prong orpin end 6 of the half-link 1 and is returned toward the hook-shapedmember, as at 7, between the strands 4i and 5. This end of the wire isthen bent upwardly, as at 8, and forwardly between the hook-shapednliember, as at 9, to form a resilient catch or c 1 Tn bending the wirearound the prong or pin end 6 of the half-link 1 the link is completed,and this link corresponds substantially to a safety-pin, by which thehook is fastened to a garment or piece of fabric. When the hook has beenpinned to a piece of fabric, the fabric is adapted to engage between thetransverse support 2 and the strand 5 and prevent the outer end of thehook from shifting upon the fabric after it has been pinned thereto.

When an eye 10 is to be placed in engagement with the hook, the eye ispassed between the hook portion 8 and the catch or clip 8, this movementof the eye depressing the catch or clip until the eye has receded intothe hook,'at which time the resilient catch or clip assumes its normalposition, thus retaining the eye 10 in the lower portion of thehook-shaped member and preventing it from becoming easily detachedtherefrom. The transverse support 2, which is provided in the earlyformation of the hook, also serves to limit the movement of theresilient catch or clip, at the same time supporting the strand 5 of thehook.

The transverse support 2 forms the particular feature of my invention,and this sup port can be secured to a piece of fabric or garment,whereby the forward end of the hook will be fixed in conjunction withthe rear end. It is a well-known fact that heretofore it has been thepractice to only fasten the rear end of the hook to entirely secure theshank ortion of the hook to a garment; but tl fe, construction of myimproved hook permits of both ends of the hook being secured to agarment, thereby insuring an easy manipulation of the hook and garmentwhen it is desired to engage the same in an eye.

My invention resides entirely in the formation of the hook from a singlepiece of wire wherein the catch or clip is provided for retaining an eyein engagement therewith and such changes in the manner of bending thewire to accomplish the desired result, as are permissible by theappended claims, may be resorted to without departing from the spiritand scope of the invention.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A combined hook and saftey-pin comprising a single piece of wire bent toprovide a transversely-extending link constituting a pin for theattachment of the device to a fabric, a shank portion formed of twostrands of wire, said two strands of wire being bent so as to form meansfor engaging the in and locking the same, one of said stran s being MARYJ. RATTIGAN.

Witnesses:

E. E. POTTER, M. E. WHITE.

